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Gun violence : the real costs /
In the generation that followed Frederick Douglass, no African American was more prominent, or more outspoken, than Ida B. Wells. Seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership, Wells' career began amidst controversy when she sued a Tennessee rail...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the generation that followed Frederick Douglass, no African American was more prominent, or more outspoken, than Ida B. Wells. Seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership, Wells' career began amidst controversy when she sued a Tennessee railroad company for ousting her from a first class car, a legal battle which launched her lifelong commitment to journalism and activism. In the 1890s, Wells focused her eloquence on the horrors of lynching, exposing it as a widespread form of racial terrorism. Backing strong words with strong actions, she. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195350180 0195350189 9780195137934 0195137930 0195303377 9780195303377 9786610480906 6610480907 1280480904 9781280480904 1602564256 9781602564251 |